Zaire was 12-of-15 passing for 96 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 22 yards and 96 yards and a touchdown in Notre Dame's 31-28 win over LSU in the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl on December 30.

Zaire will get a chance to compete with Everett Golson for the Fighting Irish's starting quarterback job in 2014, the South Bend Tribune reports. “I know we’re always in this rush to move to Everett, but I just want to caution everybody that we have, I think, a very good quarterback in Malik Zaire as well,” Fighting Irish head coach Brian Kelly said. “I’m not ready to hand everything over to Everett. I love Everett. He played in the national championship game (after the 2012 season)."